Molly O'Sullivan

The Coalition of Centres in Global Child Health (The Coalition) is a global network of expert individuals and academic centres and institutions that have explicitly expressed commitment to a collectively-developed set of principles and plans of advancing global child health.

Youth and young professionals are encouraged to participate in the 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health. Youth applications for the IAAH Adolescent Health Congress are now open and the deadline for submission is May 31, 2017.

The Lancet is proud to announce the launch of a new journal — The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

A major Australian study of almost 3,700 children has found that social and economic disadvantage can be a trigger for the early onset of puberty, putting disadvantaged children at higher risk of a host of associated future health problems.

The Global AA-HA! Guidance aims to assist governments in deciding what they plan to do – and how they plan to do it – as they respond to the health needs of adolescents in their countries.

Launch of the WHO “Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): Guidance to Support Country Implementation”

Read the new ‘Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development (PYD) Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’ by YouthPower Learning

A new study, “Building the foundations for sustainable development: a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents”, published yesterday in The Lancet, shows that investments in adolescent health and wellbeing are some of the best that can be made towards achieving the SDGs.

The Lancet Commission and the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, are very pleased to announce a new series of seven briefs on how to conduct research with adolescents in low- and middle- income countries.

April 7 is #WorldHealthDay, this years theme is Depression.

The Independent Accountability Panel (IAP) for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent welcomes contributions for its 2017 report on the theme of Accountability to Adolescents’ Health and Human Rights by 31 March.